SOUTH-TEC Industry Supporters

We wish to thank the following associations, organizations and publications for their support of RAPID + TCT. Please visit their website to view FREE manufacturing resources such as white papers, magazine subscriptions, manufacturing directories, valuable technical data and industry resources.

Additive Manufacturing Today focuses on high-value production applications of additive manufacturing including: aerospace engines and rockets, medical implants & surgical tools, and complex industrial end-use parts. The site also covers the latest advances in the additive manufacturing field including new industrial 3d printers, new materials and metal powders, and government led research and development.

Manufacturing Engineering is a highly respected magazine serving U.S. engineers and other manufacturing professionals who use manufacturing technologies. The magazine’s history dates back to 1935, when SME first published it as Tool Engineer. In the 1960s, the magazine was called Tool and Manufacturing Engineer. In the 1970s, it became Manufacturing Engineering and Management. Since 1975, the magazine has been known as Manufacturing Engineering, or as our customers sometimes call us, M.E.Subscribe to Manufacturing Engineering.

Smart Manufacturing focuses on advanced manufacturing technologies and tools that are driven or enhanced by integrated information technology. Smart Manufacturing is available free of charge to qualified subscribers in the US. Subscribe to Smart Manufacturing.

Aerospace Manufacturing and Design is a vertical publication aimed at providing aerospace professionals with pertinent information regarding designing, manufacturing and testing in this lucrative sector. As the only publication to provide exclusive, comprehensive coverage in this market, Aerospace Manufacturing and Design serves manufacturers and engineers by delivering information specific to their specialized tasks.

AMazing’s additivemanufacturing.com website is dedicated solely to additive manufacturing technologies, including subset technologies like 3D Printing. Additivemanufacturing.com is a dominant platform; working across all languages and borders. We provide news, education and inspiration to an audience of youth, students, entrepreneurs and professionals, worldwide.

Design-2-Part magazine (D2P) is a print and online publication read by engineers and buyers at North American OEMs and product manufacturing companies. Our editorial team covers U.S.-based design, engineering, and manufacturing services and technologies that help meet a wide range of established, emerging and dynamic market needs in the medical, aerospace, electronics, automotive and numerous other industries.

Established in 1986, IMD is a monthly publication that serves the owners and managers of America’s most diversified job shops, machine shops, OEM / MRO, contract manufacturers and production line manufacturing. This dedicated metalworking audience is the driving force behind U.S. manufacturing.

Known throughout the industry as the “bible” for metal manufacturers, Industrial Market Place has published and distributed bi-weekly issues since 1951. Nearly 117,000 manufacturers, distributors and dealers in charge of buying and selling equipment receive the publication. In addition, we attend over 25 industrial trade shows every year.

Industrial Photonics magazine covers laser systems, sensors, vision systems, metrology and spectroscopy for materials processing, quality control and production. Published quarterly, Industrial Photonics is written for manufacturing, production, design and applications engineers, researchers and others involved in the integration of photonics technologies across a range of operations.

Manufacturing News is a monthly metalworking manufacturing publication that informs over 100,000 monthly readers of manufacturing solutions and new technology and the application of that technology in precision machining, production machining, fabricating of metals and composite materials.

MetalForming strives to serve the needs of its readers— engineers, technicians, managers, designers and others working in facilities that add value to sheetmetal. We do so by producing the industry’s leading editorial package that combines staff-written and contributed feature articles, expert commentaries, industry news and state-of-the-art product updates. Our readers pack plenty of purchasing power in a variety of areas, including material-handling equipment, tooling, safety apparatus, software, coil-handling and processing equipment, presses and other fabricating equipment.

Modern Machine Shop provides insight into real world applications of metalworking technology. Helping the reader to discover, not only what the technology can do, but how it can change their business, how it can help them serve their customers better and how they can be more profitable as a business enterprise. Founded in June of 1928, the Modern Machine Shop brand is recognized around the world as the premier resource for metalworking product and process technology.

MoldMaking Technology has been addressing the complete lifecycle of the design, manufacture and maintenance of a mold—from design to first shot—since its launch in 1998. MMT remains committed to bringing our audience what’s new and what works in mold manufacturing. Successful business practices and manufacturing strategies can be found in technology articles, application stories, shop profiles or tips of the month for mold shop owners, tool and mold manufacturers, injection molders and OEMs.

Since 1967, Photonics Spectra magazine has defined the science and industry of photonics, providing both technical and practical information for every aspect of the global industry and promoting an international dialogue among the engineers, scientists and end users who develop, commercialize and buy photonics products. Stay current with a FREE subscription to the digital or print edition.

Production Machining brings process and product information to help precision machined parts manufacturers do their jobs more effectively and efficiently. Topics include Swiss-type machining, rotary transfer, multi-spindle, multitasking and single-spindle turning.